Photos by Dana MacPhail
The village of St. Peter's hosted its annual Pirate Days Festival in the middle of September.

Relay for Life in Arichat

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Photos by Grant McDaniel
On May 19, the West Bay Road, Port Hastings and Port Hawkesbury volunteer fire departments, along with Greene's Funeral Home, EHS and the Port Hawkesbury RCMP detachment put on a mock crash in Port Hawkesbury.

Hearts of Isle Madame fundraiser

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Photos by Jake Boudrot
The Hearts of Isle Madame fundraiser last weekend at legion branch 150 in Arichat included a male fashion show. The group will be constructing facilities in Arichat for people with special needs.

Grand Lake Fishing Derby

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Photos by Jake Boudrot
The Richmond County Inshore Fishermen’s Association hosted the annual Grand Lake Fishing Derby on May 13 in Isle Madame.

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Mitch McNutt, part of the Authentic Seacoast management team, stands beside some of the products to be found at the Ferry Lane business. McNutt and dozens of others enjoyed the open house on April 15.

Authentic Seacoast Resort was a busy spot on April 15 as it played host to its first Art at the Distillery event. Sixteen works of artist Glynn Williams were on display, and the works will remain on display until this weekend.

Artist Glynn Williams and Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie MLA Lloyd Hines take a look at one of the 16 watercolour paintings on display at Authentic Seacoast Resort on April 15 in Guysborough. The painting here had special significance for Hines, as the Church of St. Ann in Guysborough is the one in his home community.

Jenn Alderman and Justin Lewis check out some of the art on display at Art in the Distillery.

Victoria Hines was one of the many locals checking out the art at the opening reception of Authentic Seacoast’s Art at the Distillery.

John Stapleton, the General Manager of Authentic Seacoast Resorts, was one of the many folks on hand for the April 15 opening of Art in the Gallery. He’s seen here with art lovers Brenda Chisholm-Beaton (left), who serves as Port Hawkesbury Mayor, and Amanda Mombourquette, the Executive Director of the Strait Area Chamber of Commerce.

Amanda Mombourquette, the executive director of the Strait Area Chamber of Commerce, enjoys a nibble of Authentic Seacoast cake and the company of Mitch McNutt, who helps run things at the Guysborough distillery.

Glynn Williams’ art was the focal point of the April 15 opening reception of Authentic Seacoast’s Art at the Distillery, but an argument could be made the distillery is a work of art itself.

Glynn Williams, the artist responsible for the masterworks on display at the Authentic Seacoast Resort, said most of his paintings took about three days to complete. The art is meant to showcase churches as the centerpieces of the communities in which they reside.

One of the 16 paintings celebrating churches in Guysborough County is seen here. All of Glynn Williams’ paintings are now on display at the Authentic Seacoast Resort in Guysborough. A portion of sales from the paintings will go toward helping the churches pictured.

Taking care of thirsty visitors at the Authentic Seacoast Resort on April 15 in Guysborough was Rachel Goldsworthy. The resort was a busy spot last Saturday as it played host to its first “Art at the Distillery” event in which 16 works from artist and owner Glynn Williams were on display.

Volunteer Fire Department Awards (2017)

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Photo by Matt Draper
The Port Hastings Volunteer Fire Department held its swearing-in during a ceremony in Port Hawkesbury on March 18. Doing the honours was Inverness Municipal Councillor John Dowling (left).

Photo by Matt Draper
Members of the executive for the Port Hawkesbury Volunteer Fire Department took their oath of office on March 18. Reading the oath was Port Hawkesbury Mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton (left).

Photo by Matt Draper
The West Bay Road Volunteer Fire Department’s officers were sworn-in on March 18 in Port Hawkesbury.

Photo by Matt Draper
West Bay Road Ladies Auxiliary member Sharon Rose (left) is seen here presenting Kelly Ross with a long-standing service medal.

Photo by Matt Draper
The Port Hawkesbury Volunteer Fire Department named Adam King (right) as the department's firefighter of the year. Presenting the award was Chief Curtis Doucette.

Photo by Matt Draper
West Bay Road and District Volunteer Fire Department members named Bradley Malcolm (middle) as the department's firefighter of the year. Presenting the award were chief Daniel Shaw and Deputy Chief Carol Anne MacInnis.

Photo by Matt Draper
Award winners for the Port Hastings Volunteer Fire Department included long service medal recipients (from the left): Ashley Fox and Donald MacGregor, firefighter of the year Kevin Rhynold, and long service medal recipient Andrew MacInnis.

(From the left): Strait regional school board vice-chair Jamie Samson, the board’s African-Nova Scotian representative Joanne Reddick, and board chair Francine Boudreau cut the cake for the board’s African Heritage Month celebrations, which took place on February 1 at the SRSB’s Guysborough school site.

African Heritage Month celebrations at Chedabucto Education Centre/Guysborough Academy on February 1 saw the unveiling of this quilt, one of two created by community members as a joint effort between the school’s African Friendship Centre and the Primary Health Care unit at Guysborough Memorial Hospital. On hand for the ceremony were (from the left): African Friendship Centre coordinator Patsy Borden, quilter Bessie Pelly, Ainlee Van Sickle and Langston Van Sickle.

The executive director of African Nova Scotia Affairs, Wayn Hamilton (left), led members of the Strait regional school board into the African Friendship Centre at Chedabucto Education Centre/Guysborough Academy to begin the board’s official African Heritage Month celebrations on the evening of February 1.

The Strait regional school board’s African-Nova Scotian representative, Joanne Reddick, sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing” – also known as the “Black National Anthem” – in the opening stages of the board’s African Heritage Month celebrations at Chedabucto Education Centre/Guysborough Academy.

The executive director of African Nova Scotia Affairs, Wayn Hamilton (left), led members of the Strait regional school board into the African Friendship Centre at Chedabucto Education Centre/Guysborough Academy to begin the board’s official African Heritage Month celebrations on the evening of February 1.

(Front, from the left): Strait regional school board members Chelsea Burke, Anne Peters, Barbara Quirk, and Mary Jess MacDonald, as well as the board’s communications officer Deanna Gillis, were among those singing along to “Lift Every Voice and Sing” – also known as the “Black National Anthem” – and wearing traditional African scarves during the board’s annual African Heritage Month celebrations. The February 1 ceremonies were held in their traditional location, at the African Canadian Heritage and Friendship Centre within Chedabucto Education Centre/Guysborough Academy.

Construction of Jerseyman's Island lighthouse

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Pictured is construction of the new Jerseyman's Island lighthouse off Arichat.

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